Con Thien: The Hill of Angels
Autor James P. Coanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mar 2007
Throughout much of 1967, a remote United States Marine firebase only two miles from the demilitarized zone (DMZ) captured the attention of the world’s media. That artillery-scarred outpost was the linchpin of the so-called McNamara Line intended to deter incursions into South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army. As such, the fighting along this territory was particularly intense and bloody, and the body count rose daily.
Con Thien combines James P. Coan’s personal experiences with information taken from archives, interviews with battle participants, and official documents to construct a powerful story of the daily life and combat on the red clay bulls-eye known as "The Hill of Angels." As a tank platoon leader in Alpha Company, 3d Tank Battalion, 3d Marine Division, Coan was stationed at Con Thien for eight months during his 1967-68 service in Vietnam and witnessed much of the carnage.
Con Thien was heavily bombarded by enemy artillery with impunity because it was located in politically sensitive territory and the U.S. government would not permit direct armed response from Marine tanks. Coan, like many other soldiers, began to feel as though the government was as much the enemy as the NVA, yet he continued to fight for his country with all that he had. In his riveting memoir, Coan depicts the hardships of life in the DMZ and the ineffectiveness of much of the U.S. military effort in Vietnam.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817354459
ISBN-10: 081735445X
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 19 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:Fourth.
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția Fire Ant Books
ISBN-10: 081735445X
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 19 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:Fourth.
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția Fire Ant Books
Notă biografică
James P. Coan is a former Marine Corps captain who was awarded a Purple Heart for his injuries at Con Thien.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations and Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part One - Roots of Conflict
Chapter 1. Before the Americans Came
Chapter 2. The Generals
Chapter 3. McNamara's Wall
Part Two - The DMZ War Unfolds
Chapter 4. Nguyen of the North versus PFC Jones
Chapter 5. Setting the Stage
Part Three - The Bloody Month of May
Chapter 6. Battle for Con Thien
Chapter 7. DMZ Invasion
Part Four - Summer in Hell
Chapter 8. Buffalo
Chapter 9. Running the Gauntlet
Part Five - General Offensive, Phase I
Chapter 10. The “Thundering Third”
Chapter 11. Into the Valley of Death
Part Six - The Siege
Chapter 12. 3/9's Turn in the Barrel
Chapter 13. Monsoon Misery
Chapter 14. Living in the “V” Ring
Chapter 15. The “Magnificent Bastards”
Part Seven - Kentucky
Chapter 16. winter Battles: 1967-68
Chapter 17. After Tet
Chapter 18. Parting Shots
Requiem
Appendix A - Medal of Honor and Navy Cross Recipients int he Con Thien Area of Operations, 1966-68
Appendix B - Con Thien/Leatherneck Square Area Casualties, March 19, 1967 - February 28, 1969
Appendix C - Organization of U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Units - Vietnam
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part One - Roots of Conflict
Chapter 1. Before the Americans Came
Chapter 2. The Generals
Chapter 3. McNamara's Wall
Part Two - The DMZ War Unfolds
Chapter 4. Nguyen of the North versus PFC Jones
Chapter 5. Setting the Stage
Part Three - The Bloody Month of May
Chapter 6. Battle for Con Thien
Chapter 7. DMZ Invasion
Part Four - Summer in Hell
Chapter 8. Buffalo
Chapter 9. Running the Gauntlet
Part Five - General Offensive, Phase I
Chapter 10. The “Thundering Third”
Chapter 11. Into the Valley of Death
Part Six - The Siege
Chapter 12. 3/9's Turn in the Barrel
Chapter 13. Monsoon Misery
Chapter 14. Living in the “V” Ring
Chapter 15. The “Magnificent Bastards”
Part Seven - Kentucky
Chapter 16. winter Battles: 1967-68
Chapter 17. After Tet
Chapter 18. Parting Shots
Requiem
Appendix A - Medal of Honor and Navy Cross Recipients int he Con Thien Area of Operations, 1966-68
Appendix B - Con Thien/Leatherneck Square Area Casualties, March 19, 1967 - February 28, 1969
Appendix C - Organization of U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Units - Vietnam
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
“This is a magnificent account of the battles, the suffering, the sacrifices, and the enduring courage of the Marines who fought, bled, and died on what Coan calls a red-clay target.”
—Leatherneck
“Combat memoirists rarely display such firm authority so engagingly as former Marine Captain James Coan, who commanded a tank unit in 1967-1968 during the battles around the encircled bastion of Khe Sahn. . . .Con Thien was, in Coan's view, a microcosm of America's general failure in Vietnam and the late William Westmoreland's tactical failure in particular.”
—Military History of the West
“The strength of this book lies in the way that Coan weaves his own combat experience and the official unit documents and histories together with . . . personal combat narratives to form a cohesive whole. He gives a realistic portrayal of the miserable living conditions, the monsoons, the heat during the dry seasons, and finally the futility of the fighting over the same pieces of terrain in the eastern DMZ. . . . It is ironic but perhaps apt that the measure of the war in Vietnam was not the capture of terrain, but body count.”
—Jack Shulimson, author of U.S. Marines in Vietnam
“With this sterling book, Captain Coan, Marine Tanker, wounded Vietnam Veteran, and combat leader of many battles fought against the experienced and professional North Vietnamese Army in and around ‘The Hill of Angels,' has arrived as a riveting and knowledgeable Marine Corps historian.”
—The Khe Sanh Veterans' Red Clay
“[Coan] makes an important contribution by detailing what occurred at Con Thien from the moment the Marines arrived there in 1966 until the day they left almost three years later. Indeed, some of the battle accounts are superb, conveying a powerful sense of what combat along the DMZ was like.”
—Peter Maslowski, author of Armed with Cameras: The American Military Photographers of World War II
—Leatherneck
“Combat memoirists rarely display such firm authority so engagingly as former Marine Captain James Coan, who commanded a tank unit in 1967-1968 during the battles around the encircled bastion of Khe Sahn. . . .Con Thien was, in Coan's view, a microcosm of America's general failure in Vietnam and the late William Westmoreland's tactical failure in particular.”
—Military History of the West
“The strength of this book lies in the way that Coan weaves his own combat experience and the official unit documents and histories together with . . . personal combat narratives to form a cohesive whole. He gives a realistic portrayal of the miserable living conditions, the monsoons, the heat during the dry seasons, and finally the futility of the fighting over the same pieces of terrain in the eastern DMZ. . . . It is ironic but perhaps apt that the measure of the war in Vietnam was not the capture of terrain, but body count.”
—Jack Shulimson, author of U.S. Marines in Vietnam
“With this sterling book, Captain Coan, Marine Tanker, wounded Vietnam Veteran, and combat leader of many battles fought against the experienced and professional North Vietnamese Army in and around ‘The Hill of Angels,' has arrived as a riveting and knowledgeable Marine Corps historian.”
—The Khe Sanh Veterans' Red Clay
“[Coan] makes an important contribution by detailing what occurred at Con Thien from the moment the Marines arrived there in 1966 until the day they left almost three years later. Indeed, some of the battle accounts are superb, conveying a powerful sense of what combat along the DMZ was like.”
—Peter Maslowski, author of Armed with Cameras: The American Military Photographers of World War II
Descriere
Con Thien: The Hill of Angels by James P. Coan delivers a visceral, first-hand account of life and combat at the beleaguered Marine firebase just south of the DMZ in 1967–1968. Drawing on Coan’s personal diary entries, official unit records, and interviews with fellow Marines, the memoir immerses readers in the relentless shelling, monsoon mud, and moral complexities of warfare. Rich with candid insight and frontline heroism, it’s a must-read for anyone seeking an unvarnished portrait of courage and endurance in Vietnam’s most embattled terrain.